1963 Map of Kettleman City

About this map

Kettleman City serves as the focal point of this Central Valley landscape, situated at the intersection of a vast agricultural plain and the eastern slopes of the Kettleman Hills. The geography is defined by significant mid-century water engineering projects, most notably the California Aqueduct and the Blakeley Canal, which diverted water to transform the arid basin. To the east lies the dry expanse of the Tulare Lake Bed, a feature that once dominated this region but was reclaimed for large-scale industrial farming operations like West Lake Farms.